Aristotle’s Views On Carthaginian Social Programs

Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE), in his influential text, The Politics, wrote about different types of governments and state constitutions, as well as what he...

A Summary Of 15th-Century Witchcraft Beliefs By Pope Innocent VIII

Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...

(Video) The Absolute Cheesiest Tale About Charlemagne

In this narrated video essay, we present the absolute cheesiest tale about Charlemagne (r. 768-814) that was recorded by the medieval monk and historian,...

Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) "The sectarians deafen one another with their noise and clamor, keep anxiety away with their screeching." From Soren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling...

The Judgment of Paris, Attributed to Antonio da Vendri (c. 16th century)

This painting, attributed to the Italian artist Antonio da Vendri (16th century), draws inspiration from the ancient Greek mythological tale of the Judgment of...

Emperor Gaozu Of China Was A Singer-Songwriter

  In 195 BCE, Emperor Gaozu, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was returning to his capital city of Chang’an in order to recover from...

The Peculiar Life Of The Chained Recluse, Saint Hospicius

  Hospicius was an obscure holy man who spent his final years in the vicinity of Nice, France. His age and land of origin are...

The Frankish Scholar, Einhard, Saved The Genre Of Secular Biographies

  Even though biographies of secular figures, such as state leaders, had been a common genre of texts in the classical period, the practice had...

The Buddha

The Buddha (c. 6th-5th century BCE) "Look not at the faults of others nor at what they do or leave undone; but only at your own deeds and...

Rome’s Destruction Of Velitrae After the Latin Wars

After the Romans suffered the humiliation of the Gallic Sack of Rome (dated between 390-386 BCE), the Roman Republic’s growing influence over the Italian...
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